The SharePoint Designer tool in the 2007 release wasn’t everyone’s favorite customization tool. But with SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010, everybody should give this tool a new chance. Many of the limitations of the previous release are removed and lots of brand new functionality is introduced. This session will bring the highlights and show some real life examples using reusable workflows, workflow activities, BCS etc

1. Give the SharePoint Designer a
Chance!
Jan Tielens, Microsoft
@jantielens
http://weblogs.asp.net/jan

2. Positioning for SPD 2010
THE tool for building complete, rich, reusable,
process-centric applications on the SharePoint
platform that integrate with external data

3. Target Audience
Power Information Workers
Business Unit
IT / Developers

4. New User Experience
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SharePoint artifact-centric navigation
– Gallery Page
– Summary Page
– Edit Page
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Fluent UI Integration
Breadcrumb
Navigation Bar

5. Views & Forms
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XSLT List View Web Part
Format from Ribbon
Add custom action to list or ribbon
Infopath form for New Item, View Item, Edit
Item

6. Improved Workflow
• Reusable declarative workflow templates
– List, Reusable, Site
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Import/Export workflows to Visio
Nested If/Then/Else
Associate with Content Type
Edit Approval/Feedback/Signature workflows
Impersonation Approval (content author vs. approver)
Workflow visualizations

7. External Content Types & BCS
– ECT – Formerly Business Data Entity
– External Lists – created from ECT
– Business Data Column from ECT
– Access External Lists in Outlook/Workspace

8. Administration
• Only Site Collection Admins can
– customize pages, master pages and page layouts
– Access All Files
– Edit pages in Advanced Mode
• Versioning for Site Pages
• No “un-ghosting” or customizing pages so
upgrade is easier

9. Resources
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner-help/whats-new-in-sharepoint-designer2010-HA010370728.aspx
• http://sharepointnirvana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar
ticle&id=153:comparison-between-sp-designer-2007a-sp-designer-2010&catid=99:sharepoint-designer
• http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc179083.aspx